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Short note: Environmental problems and impacts
Short answer
Nepal's environmental problems include deforestation, soil erosion, landslides, air and water pollution, solid waste, glacier retreat, unplanned urbanisation and resource extraction. Impacts are classified as direct or indirect, positive or negative, short or long term, reversible or irreversible, local or global, cumulative, and physical, biological, socio-economic or cultural.
Write a short note on environmental problems (in Nepal) and types of impacts.
Environmental problems in Nepal
- Deforestation and loss of biodiversity.
- Soil erosion, landslides and floods in the hills and the Terai.
- Air pollution in the Kathmandu Valley (vehicles, brick kilns, dust).
- Water pollution of rivers (such as the Bagmati) from sewage and industry.
- Solid waste and poor disposal.
- Glacier retreat and the effects of climate change.
- Unplanned urbanisation and loss of farmland.
- Noise pollution and haphazard extraction of resources (sand, boulders).
Types of impacts
| Type | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Direct / indirect | Immediate result vs secondary effect |
| Positive / negative | Beneficial vs harmful |
| Short term / long term | Lasts a short time (e.g. construction noise) vs persists for years (e.g. loss of forest, operation effects) |
| Reversible / irreversible | Can recover or not |
| Local / regional / global | Extent of area affected |
| Cumulative | Added effect of many projects |
| Physical, biological, socio-economic, cultural | Component affected |
Improvement measures
Strict EIA and monitoring, afforestation, slope stabilisation, treatment plants, clean transport and emission standards, waste management, community forestry, public awareness and law enforcement.
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